I'm trying to revive my lapsed webcomic as a real comic book. I'm in the process of printing out 13 proposals. Can anybody recommend any comic book companies that I could pitch it to that would be a good fit? I think the quirkiness of the material may work against it. Remember the bit on the Simpsons about "real life stories with robots and magic"? I unintentionally created one of those. The market not being what it use to be probably doesn't help either.

Anyway, here's a promotional item. Thanks!

(Don't tell anybody, but I was trying to draw on the more illustrative end of an Al Capp style, but it came out with a more Iwao Takamoto feel. Both were formative influences, BTW.)

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With a name like Sci Fi Guy!, it naturally has a base of operations in 1977 Iowa....

"In the future year of 1996 and 7/8, the Noon Star was belatedly discovered by a satellite outer space probe. It was pervious unknown because it only shone in the middle of the day when nobody could see it in the broad dayligtht. The Noon Star orbits the Moon. The planet Plup orbits the Noon Star. Plup, itself, is orbited by its tropical moon, Goobly, the home of the peaceful Catsos. In the year 1999 and 15/16, they were invaded from Earth...."

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"It's not like that! She actually finds bliss in Nature's bounty. This morning she picked and ate a bucket full of Portabellas. At least I think those were Portabellas...." [*Polychromatic burp*]

The problem with Sci Fi Guy! is that it's a too big and unwieldy of a project to do as a hobby. The first story is going to run 300-400 pages. Doing that as a webcomic comic that I can only do one or two pages a week, and that's with things going my way, means this thing will get done way later to never.

However, if this thing doesn't work out commercially, I may do a pruned down and compromised version of just releasing scripts and associated art on DA and calling it as best as its going to get.

Your idea is possible. And interesting. Well, the first story is long winded, as in 350-400 comic pages, and it's sort of a pseudo-juvie written for good ol' boys. It could be done, but it'll take some head scratching to get there....

Anyway, I got seven proposals sent out. They went to Fantagraphics, Image, Antarctic, Archaia, Last Gasp, Top Shelf, and Dark Horse. I've only heard back with only one form rejection which is disheartening. The main reason that I haven't given up is that I still have six proposals to go. Can anybody suggest any publishers to send these to? Thanks!

With that much content your project is very well suited for a Web based comic. I'm sure that someone will accept your work especially if you're looking to go online with all those pages. And if they don't then you can always do it independently. Get your content out there and build your fan base and community. Now's the time.